Senior Nick Ducceschi (7) was one of 4 Cardinals recognized by the Washington Post. Nick, a first team selection, was joined by 2d team Joey Faddoul, HM Preston Haugh and the girls’ Lilly Weber.
The Washington Post has selected four Cardinals for post season soccer honors this past week, highlighted by a first team, allMet honor for senior Nick Ducceschi. The Post also named junior Joey Fadddoul for the second teamwhile juniors Preston Haugh and the girls’ Lilly Weber were both tapped for honorable mention in soccer.
For the men’s program, the three players named were the most in more than 20 years. Coming off a 14-5-2 campaign, one that saw the Cardinals sitting as high as second in the WCAC in the final week of the season, Bishop Ireton began to gain the respect not seen since the 1970’s and 80’s, when Coach Jon Norem played for the Cardinals.
The Post lauded Ducceschi, who scored a team-high five game-winning goals of the 11 he tallied in 2014, and always drew the opponent’s most dangerous player for his defensive assignment.
For Faddoul, the Cardinals’ leading scorer with 28 goals and team-leading 16 assists, the selection suggests more good things in store for Ireton, as they look ahead to 2015 with junior Preston Haugh, an honorable mention selection also returning to the squad. Haugh, the squad’s play maker in the midfield, was perhaps Norem’s most versatile, reliable player; someone the coach could insert in a variety of positions and roles depending upon the opponent or situation.
Coming off another strong season with arguably their most challenging schedule, one that included McDonogh School, Archbishop Spalding, Visitation, as well as WCAC heavyweights Good Counsel and O’Connell, the record may not have suggested a banner season, but junior Lilly Weber anchored a balanced team of talented young players. Her 12 goals and 7 assists were team-high numbers for Coach Gino Leon.
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